Two undersea communications cables in the Baltic Sea have been knocked offline, and at least one appears to have been physically cut. CNN received confirmation from a local telecom company that a cable between Lithuania and Sweden was cut on Sunday morning. A second cable, about 60 to 65 miles from the first, routes communications between Finland and Germany. The cause of that outage has yet to be determined, but officials suspect intentional damage. The outages follow a September warning from t

Nintendo has announced its various Black Friday promotions , and they're worth paying attention to if you want to pick up some big games on a rare sale. These include discounts on first-party Switch titles as well as some extras with a special version of the Switch Lite. The deals will be available at popular retailers like Best Buy, Target and Walmart. These discounts are for physical copies of games only, so the Nintendo eShop won't be involved. The sale starts on Sunday, November 24 and runs

Black Friday is almost here and, boy oh boy, do we have some related deals to prove it. Solo Stove just dropped a massive Black Friday sale that offers significant savings on fire pit bundles. The most notable deal here is for the Bonfire Backyard Bundle , which is down to $400 from $580. Thats a nice savings of $180. This combo pack includes the well-regarded Bonfire smokeless fire pit and a whole swath of related accessories. The bundle comes with a removable ash plate, a lid, a carry case, a

The winter holidays are upon us and despite the festive feelings we might be hoping for, this time of year is often paired with increased stress, worry and anxiety. Fortunately, there are tools out there that can help you manage those negative emotions and enjoy the holiday season to the fullest. The meditation app Headspace is one such tool, and Black Friday deals have brought subscription costs down by 50 percent. You can get one year of Headspace for $35 right now, which is half off its usual

When Cray Computing, a supercomputer manufacturer acquired by HP in 2019, announced that it would build El Capitan it expected the computer to reach a peak performance of 1.5 exaflops. Today, the 64th edition of the TOP500 a long-running ranking of the world's non-distributed supercomputers was published, and El Capitan not only exceeded that forecast by clocking 1.742 exaflops, but has claimed the title as the most powerful supercomputer in the world right now. El Capitan is only the thir

Now isnt a bad time to try our pick for the best VPN service for 2024. ProtonVPN is on sale for 70 percent off 12-month subscriptions, bringing the one-year cost down to just under $36. You can also save on Proton Unlimited, which includes VPN access along with access to all of Proton's other services like Mail and Calendar. ProtonVPN is Engadgets favorite VPN service of 2024. Although most services passed our tests with high marks, Protons service stood out for its independently audited no-logs

A MasterClass subscription is perhaps one of the best gifts you can get for yourself if you love learning new things or honing your skills, and it will now you can subscribe for up to 50 percent off. The MasterClass Black Friday sale currently has membership starting at $7 per month, but arguably the best deal is on MasterClass Premium, which is $10 per month right now instead of the usual $20 per month. With that tier, you'll be able to access classes on six devices, and it also includes offlin

If youre looking for a gift for the aspiring vlogger in your life, or you want to try your hand at making more content for social media, this Black Friday deal may have just what youre looking for. The DJI Osmo Mobile 6 smartphone gimbal has dropped to only $89; thats a 36 percent discount and an all-time-low price on the camera-stabilizing device. For the uninitiated, this product keeps a steady lock on smartphones so as to provide smooth camera and video footage. The Osmo Mobile 6 is a step up

Black Friday may technically just be one day, but its evolved to consume the entire month of November in the US at this point. For the past few years, retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Target have ushered in the holiday shopping season earlier and earlier, and this year is no different. Early Black Friday deals are already here, bringing discounts to some of our favorite tech weve tested this year. While its still advisable to wait until the week before Thanksgiving to ensure youre getting the

Apple devices are some of the most sought after this time of year and, believe it or not, you can find some decent Black Friday deals on them if you know where to look. At the moment, one such deal is on the Apple Watch Series 10 : Apples newest wearable is on sale for $350, which is $50 off and a record low. That price is for the smaller 42mm model without LTE functionality, and the 46mm size is also $50 off and down to $379. The Apple Watch Series 10 is our pick for the best smartwatch overall

Sure, Black Friday deals offer a great opportunity to snag some essentials and upgrades for a lower price than usual, but if you have the leeway for a fun treat for yourself or a loved one, you'll find plenty of discounts in that realm too. For instance, you can snag the Ninja Creami ice cream maker for $50 off the list price. At $180, that's not too far away from its record low price, making it a solid deal. While it isn't quite the season for ice cream in North America, there's never truly a b

Its no secret that non-traditional news sources are becoming an increasingly relevant part of the already fractured online media environment. But a new report from Pew Research and the Knight Foundation offers a more complete picture of what the growing crop of news influencers on social media believe. Titled Americas News Influencers , the report is based on a survey of 10,000 US adults, as well as an analysis of 500 news influencers. Pew defined the latter group as individuals who regularly p

Apple's new Mac Mini has only been out in the world for only a few weeks but its already on sale. Right now, you can get the Mac Mini with Apple's M4 chip for $549, down from $574, thanks to a $25 coupon. You can click the coupon right on the product page and it should apply your discount at checkout. This $25 sale is available on the Mac Mini with 16GB of unified memory and 256GB of SSD storage. The 2024 Mac Mini is available with an M4 or M4 Pro chip, both of which give the desktop computer a

Black Friday deals are in full swing in the tech space, and one of the best deals at the moment is on our top pick for the best wireless headphones you can get. Sony's WH-1000XM5 headphones have dropped to $298, which represents a $100 discount. Thats one of the lowest prices weve seen; they briefly dropped to $280 earlier this year, but we havent seen that price since. If youre on a tight budget, consider the WH-1000XM4 headphones , which are one generation older but offer a lot of the same fea

Though I do love walking through a supermarket and picking out my own foods, I will admit that, come winter, I often turn to delivery apps to get my products. DoorDash , one of the many delivery apps on the market, has launched a new feature that could make this process even more seamless, allowing iOS users import their grocery list from Reminders into the app. To take advantage of this, you can go to Reminders and copy your list or import it directly in the DoorDash app. An option should appea

Once upon a time, in the year 2016 Apple completely disrupted our lives by removing the headphone jack. Starting with the iPhone 7 , there was no port for your wired headphones, just a lightning charger. But, they did include one thing with the phone to soften the blow: a lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter that allowed up to use our wired headphones in peace. Well, as all good things come to an end so, it seems, is the adapter, MacRumors reports . Right now, the $9 adapter is listed as so

Back in January at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), LG unveiled a 27-inch 480Hz OLED panel with some incredible specs, but didn't say when or even if it would build a monitor around it. Now, the company has announced the UltraGear GX7 (27GX790A) , a 27-inch QHD (2,560 x 1,440) OLED gaming monitor with a 480Hz refresh rate and a .03-millisecond response time the fastest of any QHD OLED monitor, LG claims. The new display supports both NVIDIA's G-Sync and AMD's FreeSync technology to reduce s

President-elect Donald Trump has named Brendan Carr as the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, The New York Times reported. Carr has previously argued in favor of punishing TV networks for political bias and regulating big tech firms like Google and Apple. The appointment doesn't require the usual senate approval, since Carr has sat on the commission since 2017. Under a Trump administration, the FCC will have two Democrat and three Republican commissioners. Carr will take

Roblox is adding new restrictions to younger kids accounts and revamping its parental control features as part of a push to beef up the safety features on its platform. The changes come after damaging reports about the companys safety practices and amid a broader industry reckoning over online platforms effect on kids. Now, Roblox is drastically limiting the ability of its youngest users to interact with others on its service. The company plans over the next few months to bar all kids under 13 f

The iFixit teardown of the PS5 Pro is here, and while there isnt all that much different going on from what weve seen with the PS5 and PS5 Slim in terms of repairability, Sony has made one notable change: in the Pro, its pretty easy to get to the CMOS battery. Whereas accessing this battery to replace it in the two previous PS5 models required a fair amount of work due to its placement beneath the main board, iFixit found that its right under the faceplates in the PS5 Pro and nestled behind a ha

One of our favorite air fryer toaster ovens is on sale for a record low. The Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer , which has 11 cooking functions and takes up less counter space than the pricier Pro model, is available for $80 off. The appliance will usually set you back $350, but this Black Friday deal brings the brushed stainless steel mode down to $270. Most other colorways are down to $280. Brevilles Smart Oven Air Fryer has a long list of cooking functions: toast, bagel, broil, bake, roast, warm,